Envelop-fastener.



- No. 754,239. PATENTED MAR.'8,'1904.

A. A. RHEUTAN.

ENVELOP FASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 3.1903.

R0 MODEL.

W'LT-LEEE'ES; r ,Im/sen-kclkf UNITED STATES Patented March 8, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ENVELOP-FASTENEFI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 754,239, dated March 8,1904.

Application filed August 3, 1903. Serial NO- 167,979. (NomodeL) To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM. A. RHEUTAN, of

the city and county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop-Fasteners;

and vI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescri'ption thereof, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, and

in which- Figure 1 represents an ordinary merchandisc-envelop with myimproved fastener applied thereto and the top flap of the envelop open.Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 with said top flap closed andfastened. Figs.

3 and 4 showmodi-fications in the way of ap plying my said improvedfasteners to envelops,.which will be hereinafter described. Fig.5represents, upon an enlarged scale, adetached top view of theenvelop-fastener blank,

all the following figures also being shown upon the same enlarged scale;Fig. 6 is a bottom view of the fastener with the holding- 'clips foldedagainst the body thereof, and

Fig. 7 shows a modification in the construc tion which will behereinafter described.

The object of my invention is to provide a fastener for what arecommonly known as in addition to the other -merchandiserenvelops, whichmay be fastened at the base of and between the prongs usual means offastening.

Said invention consists of an envelop-fastener having a central bodyprovided with suitable fastening-clips and two prongs, one

of said fastening-clips being located at the base of and between saidtwo prongs, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that others may better understand provided with an eyeletedopening A for the prongs a a of the fastener to be passed through.envelop in a similar manner to other fasteners of this class by meansof suitable clips projecting from the body a of the fastener, which areadapted to be passed through the proper place on the envelop and bentagainst the inner side thereof.

My said improved fastener is made with' a central body 0, having a.suitable number of fastening-clips and two long prongs a a, projectingtherefrom. One of said clips, d, is 10- cated between and at the base ofsaid prongs,

being formed. by cutting away a portlon of the inner edge of each prong.Two clips 6 5 project one from each end of body 0, and two clips 11 6project from the side of said body at the opposite side from prongs a aand substantiallyin alinement one with one prong and the other with theother prong, as is shown in the drawings.

tically the same result may be obtained by leaving off the end clips 6b, I reserve the right to doso in practice and make said vice asis'shown in Fig. 7.

The essential feature of my invention consists informing the clip (1, asshown and described, at the base of and between the prongs a a, incombination with the other parts of the fastener.

While I prefer to use both the end and side clips I; 6 Z) 6. since prac-The advantage of forming the clip OZv at the base'of the prongs a istwofold. In the first place the fastener is securely held against thelateral strain produced in bending over the prongs after they are passedthrough the opening in the top flap to fasten said flap down by means ofthe two clips 6 Z), and said two prongs being partly cut away-at theirbase ends are rendered more pliable and may be easily bent and twistedin the fingers to spring. them apart, as-is indicated in Fig. 4, therebymore securely holding themfrom Withdrawing from the opening in the flapand in consequence securely holding the same in its closed position .intransportation through the mails. W'hen thus bent apart, it ispreferable to bend them over the flap in the same direction, as is shownin Fig. 4, instead of in op- .posite directions, as is shown in theother figures of the drawings.

By the construction described it is bbvious} prongs are passed in thetop flap is made in the form of a narrow slot, and therefore preventsany play or looseness of the fastening when adjusted in place, andsecured by bendmg down its prongs in the usual way. I do notmake anyclaim, however, to this feature What I do claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

An envelop-fastener, comprising a central body'part, having two longprongs projecting 25 from the side thereof, a clip located between andat the base of said prongs, formed by cutting away a portion of theinner edge of each prong and attached to the central body about on aline with its side edge, and other suitable 3 holding-clips alsoprojecting from said central igodyl, substantially as and for thepurpose set ort ABRAM A. RHEUTAN.

Witnesses:

A. A. BARKER, E. N. BARKEa.

